Swine Morsels
Swine Morsels XIX
Jul. 26, 2010 - The NPB (National Pork Board) has asked all of us to be Pork Quality Assurance PQA Plus certified and have each of our facilities assessed for swine welfare standards on or before December 31, 2010.
Swine Morsels XVIII
Apr. 23, 2010 - Are your conversations getting more politically correct these days?
Swine Morsel XVII
Mar. 25, 2010 - We have finally begun to see some mycotoxin related problems in the field.
Swine Morsels XVII: Commentary on H1N1 and other novel viruses
Jul. 17, 2009 - I saw a trailer for the new Harry Potter movie. There apparently is an outbreak of "swine flu" at Hogwart (the school for the young apprentice magicians).
Swine Morsels XVI
Mar. 12, 2009 - Article by Dr. Rob Fischer on Fermented Liquid Feeding.
Swine Morsels XIII (Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome in Finishers)
Sep. 05, 2008 - This is going to be an extremely short Swine Morsels segment. It’s right to the point and adaptable to every swine finishing farm. I learned it from a new Master Pork Producer here in South Dakota. Are you ready?
Swine Morsels XIV (Country of Origin Labeling - COOL)
Sep. 05, 2008 - I made four phone calls this morning on behalf of a client. He wants to know if area packers are going to purchase Canadian origin piglets/pigs when COOL is implemented.
Swine Morsels XV
Sep. 05, 2008 - I have the deranged answer of a non-economist, non-business educated, non-relevant veterinarian looking for explanations of current isowean/feeder/market pig pricing.
Swine Morsels XI
Oct. 01, 2006 - I sat in on a great ventilation/feeder type/waterer type data analysis comparing 3580 close out groups for one company in the Midwest in finishing space (not nursery).
Swine morsels X (Harry Snelson)
Aug. 04, 2006 - According to Alex Avery, Director of research and education for the Hudson Institute's Center for Global Food Issues, global food demand will double, if not triple, in the next fifty years.
Swine Morsels IX (Swine Heat Stress Swine)
Jul. 14, 2006 - Heat and the swine breeding herd: Boar critical temperatures need to remain below 81 degrees F. Heat stress over that level will compromise fertility for up to 75 days!